Yeah, I know, I’m “double posting.” But y’all are too quiet! 
Today is the anniversary of the eruption at Mt St Helens.
This is some of the ash. My grandma got it from a cousin that lived out there (Yakima, maybe?). It’s super gritty; I just can’t imagine having to live in the ashfall area and having to breathe with that stuff in the air.
I had Grandparents that lived in Winlock, when I was a teen we had a coffee can of the ash, since lost in time. But I remember them selling little vials for 10-20 on tv.
I mean, sure, there’s tons (quite literally!) of ash, but who’s to say if you were really getting ash from Mt St Helens?
Fine…
This morning had some nice views of the planets. Jupiter is creeping up on Mars. I’ll probably have clouds during that conjunction as well. The photography is improving (for what it’s worth). I’m able to track the Galilean satellites over the last few days. That never gets old. I’ll have to get up earlier to catch Saturn because it’s out of my relative field of view when I’m viewing. Venus is still a good show with it’s phase showing.
It’s almost the weekend! (or it might be for some of you 
)
Guess who’s back, back again
Monkey’s back! Tell a friend 
Yay!! And it’s even animated when you mouse over your post!!
Most excellent 
I can’t wait to see the sleeping panda 
and swat some flies 
The fez monkey is back! Wohooo!
Oooo… I saw the with active Zzzzz’s 
Hi everyone!
Yay! You’re back to the Vrak we all know and love!
Hi! The Harlyfly is BACK!
Looks like the zoo is back!!! Just like the good ole’ days.
Now new people to the forum will know who were are talking about when we use their avatar nick-names.
I regret I have but one “like” to give.
Now we still need Orlyia to post with her sleepy panda.
You can see her sleepy panda here:
I missed these avatars more than I realized
I saw her earlier, just follow Perl’s link. 
Careful… we might get turned into ice cubes.
Edit: ya know? Is this worthy of a new Lounge? (Lock it up and I’ll start it 
)
Let’s give a round of applause to all the moderators that got their gifs back:
I dont know if u can answer this but is there any reason why there seems to be a shortage of 60 day time cards for NA the walmart and gamestop have been out for over a month.